Dakota Commemorative March

Lower Sioux Agency to Fort Snelling
November 7 - 13, 2006

Photos of those participating in 2002

In 1862 bounties were placed on the scalps of Dakota people by Governor Alexander Ramsey which eventually reached $200

The marchers leaving the Lower Sioux Community Center at the start of the march
The marchers crossing the Medota bridge almost at the end of the march
Gerald Standing (from the Wahpeton Reserve in Saskatchewan) and Ron Leith
Leo Omani, from the Wahpeton Reserve in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Art Owens at the Fort Snelling Interpretive Center with Judy Thomson from the Department of Natural Resources
Gerald Standing , carrying the eagle staff for the 38 hanged at Mankato.

 

Info for Walkers



E-mail:
Waziyatawin Angela Cavender Wilson:     waziyatawin@qmail.com
Chris Mato Nunpa matonunpa@earthlink.net

 

Website created by Dragonfly Dezignz. 2003

Historic photographs courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society

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